an anecdote           
                                          
 today  it rained, and i would go outside 
 i  thought,  so  i smoked a pipe and got 
 dressed,  and   outside  the  rain   had 
 turned into snow  so thick that  it  was 
 as dense fog ... and then i went  to get 
 the mail, but  there was a woman and  we 
 talked a little. now because  i was high 
 and it  was snowing so  funny  and i had 
 an umbrella  against  the snow, but snow 
 all  over my face anyway, and i wondered 
         about myself, and my life